REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Few video game characters can claim to be going strong after a quarter century. But Nintendo’s Mario™ isn’t your average character. For two and a half decades he has delighted millions of fans all over the world. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros.™ game on the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has released the Super Mario All-Stars™ Limited Edition package, a collection featuring four classic Mario games playable on the Wii™ system, a soundtrack CD and an illustrated commemorative booklet. Super Mario All-Stars will be offered while supplies last at a suggested retail price of $29.99.

“Whether you’ve been a Mario fan for 25 years or are just now discovering his games, this limited-edition collection is packed with hours of fun,” said Marc Franklin, Nintendo of America’s director of Public Relations. “These classic games, along with the soundtrack CD and Super Mario History booklet filled with rare concept art, make this a must-have collection for every video game fan.”

The games included in the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition are Super Mario Bros.™, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. Each game features the enhanced graphics and updated sound of the original Super NES™Super Mario All-Stars game, and all four can be played on the Wii system using one of several controllers: the Wii Remote™ controller, Classic Controller™, Classic Controller Pro™ or the Nintendo GameCube™ controller.

Also included is a Super Mario History soundtrack CD, a compilation of memorable music and classic sound effects from Mario games. It contains tracks from the original Super Mario Bros. game all the way up to this year’s Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 game. It’s also the first CD release of the “Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme” in North America, widely recognized as one of the most famous pieces of video game music in history.

Mario fans will also be thrilled to find a 32-page Super Mario History booklet filled with interviews, candid photos and rare concept art and design sketches.

Yeah, I'm a sucker. I bought it. I just wish they added more games. Mario World and Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (which still doesn't have a VC release) should have been thrown into the mix. Still, for thirty bucks you're getting plenty of value for your dollar, but it could have gone a lot deeper.

I bought it, too. I love having All-Stars on the Wii anytime, since I have so many fond memories growing up playing it. Unfortunately, I also think they could have done more with the collection. As cool as a book and soundtrack is, I much rather would have had Super Mario World added in.

I got something like this for Free on SNES, $30 is a bit too much, especially since I only want Mario 3. It came free in the mail maybe after my Mom starting a subscription with a magazine or something I dunno But it was called Mario All Stars and came with Mario 1, 2, and 3 plus a bonus battle mode. I loved that game!!

I got something like this for Free on SNES, $30 is a bit too much, especially since I only want Mario 3. It came free in the mail maybe after my Mom starting a subscription with a magazine or something I dunno But it was called Mario All Stars and came with Mario 1, 2, and 3 plus a bonus battle mode. I loved that game!!

Super Mario world and Mario 3 are my favorites still...

Super Mario All Stars had Mario 1, Lost Levels, 2, 3 and SMW. This is largely the same but without SMW yet includes art and stuff. If you got it free from Nintendo Power, you were lucky. It was a full retail game.

Super Mario All Stars had Mario 1, Lost Levels, 2, 3 and SMW. This is largely the same but without SMW yet includes art and stuff. If you got it free from Nintendo Power, you were lucky. It was a full retail game.

I must've won something I dunno? But it was incredible! I was asking myself, how did I get this for free? I thought my Mom was just tricking me and she secretly bought it, but I remember ripping the brown UPS box open with the game in it and reading the congratulations.

You don't get fan service like that anymore I tell ya, best gift I've ever received free from any company period. My cousin and I played the game that entire year.

Super Mario All Stars had Mario 1, Lost Levels, 2, 3 and SMW. This is largely the same but without SMW yet includes art and stuff. If you got it free from Nintendo Power, you were lucky. It was a full retail game.

Super Mario All-Stars never had World on it. Only a version that was bundled with the SNES has SMW on it.